Big Data

M&A

Salesforce to Buy Tableau in $15B Analytics Move

The acquisition combines Tableau's tools for understanding data with Salesforce's solutions for understanding customers.

Matthew Heller
June 10, 2019
Analytics

Amid Data Deluge, Judgment Still Makes the Difference

No matter how much data is fed to machine learning and predictive analytics tools, the key is deciding which outputs are useful and how to act on them.
Technology

A Finance Chief’s Practical View of Robotics and AI

Intelligent automation boosts both day-to-day finance functions and the quality of finance's strategic insight, says Willis Towers Watson's Michael Burwell.
IT Value

Companies’ AI Leaders Sense Competitive Urgency

Key executives at early adopters of cognitive technologies see a short time-window for honing their strategies and skills.
The Cloud

IBM ‘Still Has a Revenue Growth Problem’

The computing giant recorded a 2% fall in revenue for the third quarter but boosted gross margins.
M&A

Twilio Agrees to Buy SendGrid

The $2 billion deal values the Denver-based email platform company at about 10 times expected 2019 revenue.
M&A

Big-Data Rivals Cloudera, Hortonworks to Merge

The merger of equals would combine Hadoop software developers with complementary strengths in data storage, advanced analytics, and data management.
Technology

Companies Must Be Held Accountable for Protecting Customers’ Data: Tim Cook

Speaking at a conference in Brussels, Apple's CEO said Europe's privacy regulations should be a model for policymakers.
Analytics

Is Analytics the Answer?

Enterprises are hoping data analytics tools can help them identify real-time business changes, understand customers, and vanquish competitors.
The Cloud

Salesforce Beats Earnings Estimates

CEO Marc Benioff said the cloud platform company would reach its annual sales goal of $20 billion “faster than imagined.”
The Cloud

KKR to Buy BMC Software

"Companies that help simplify and manage essential infrastructure for their enterprise customers play an increasingly important role," said a KKR executive.
Regulation

GDPR: We’re Just Getting Started

May 25 is only the kickoff: the GDPR requires an ongoing commitment to protecting sensitive data.
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